Striker@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe fact that people this stupid existlemmy.worldimagemessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up1866arrow-down161
arrow-up1805arrow-down1imageThe fact that people this stupid existlemmy.worldStriker@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square178fedilink
minus-squareFaeDrifter@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBroadly speaking, left wing is about creating change, ideally for more equality or the betterment of all. Right wing is about conserving the status quo and traditional power hierarchies, because they are accustomed to benefiting from them.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 year agoSo would ideologies like fascism, georgism, anarcho-capitalism, ethno-nationalism, etc be left-wing?
minus-squareFaeDrifter@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhen in doubt, remember that oncentration camps are not compatible with “equality or betterment of all”.
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoSo then what are they- since they aren’t ideologies about conserving the status quo?
minus-squareFaeDrifter@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoConcentration camps protect establishment power.
Broadly speaking, left wing is about creating change, ideally for more equality or the betterment of all. Right wing is about conserving the status quo and traditional power hierarchies, because they are accustomed to benefiting from them.
So would ideologies like fascism, georgism, anarcho-capitalism, ethno-nationalism, etc be left-wing?
When in doubt, remember that oncentration camps are not compatible with “equality or betterment of all”.
So then what are they- since they aren’t ideologies about conserving the status quo?
Concentration camps protect establishment power.